PDP-BJP blame one another for Kashmir unrest

HIGHLIGHTS

Muzaffar Hussein Beig said Burhan Wani should have been buried on same day.

He criticised the use of pellet guns by security forces.

BJP accused the state govt of going soft on stone pelters.

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HIGHLIGHTS

Muzaffar Hussein Beig said Burhan Wani should have been buried on same day.

He criticised the use of pellet guns by security forces.

BJP accused the state govt of going soft on stone pelters.

Alliance partners PDP-BJP today made a veiled attack on one another over the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani and the protests that immediately followed in Kashmir.Muzaffar Hussein Beig, Lok Sabha MP from Baramullah today alleged that Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti wasn't

Alliance partners PDP-BJP today made a veiled attack on one another over the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani and the protests that immediately followed in Kashmir.

Muzaffar Hussein Beig, Lok Sabha MP from Baramullah today alleged that Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti wasn't aware of the counter-insurgency operation against now slain Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani. Stating that the state police had allowed the situation to flare up immediately after Wani's death, Beig said that had the militant been buried on the same day, the public reaction could have been contained.

Criticising the Centre, the MP said that Centre should have sent a Parliamentary team to the troubled state. Beig also said that additional security forces is perhaps not an answer to the ongoing crisis in Kashmir.

Reiterating Congress MP Ghulam Nabi Azad's point in the Rajya Sabha, Beig said that the number of injured increased due to the use of pellet guns by security forces.

On the other hand, few in the BJP accused the state government of going soft on stone pelters and refusing to take stringent measures against them.

Meanwhile, taking cognisance of media reports of ban on Kashmiri print media, Information and Broadcasting Minister Venkaiah Naidu clarified that no such ban was imposed. Naidu said he spoke to Mehbooba Mufti and sough a report on it.

On Monday, the opposition continued to hit out at both BJP and PDP for their inability to control violence in Kashmir. Ghulam Nabi Azad attacked the government for what he called the "heavy hand" of the state in dealing with protests and asked why the "common people were dealt in the same way as militants are".

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